Re: Mistakes in Techniques

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Response from the Working Group
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Thank you very much for catching and reporting these errors which we
have now fixed. If you find additional errors, it would be helpful to
us if you could also identify which technique the error occurs in
(e.g. G197).

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Tomas Caspers <tcaspers@me.com> wrote:
> Esteemed colleagues,
>
> during the translation of WCAG Techniques into the awful German language [1] we found a few errors or omissions. You may want to correct those in an upcoming release.
>
> Cheers, Tomas
>
>
> [1] proper attribution goes to a Samuel L. Clemens from Elmira, N.Y.
>
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>
> Here's something missing from the sentence:
>
> "Check that the result of the search of the dictionary for the word,
> phrase, or abbreviation the correct definition."
>
> ---
>
> same here:
>
> "Determine if there is at least one link to help information specific to
> completing the form on this Web page or other resource."
>
> ---
>
> "The image links to the bottom of the page where there is a section
> titles "Description of charts on this page"."
>
> we assume that this is supposed to read "titled":
>
> "The image links to the bottom of the page where there is a section
> titled "Description of charts on this page"."
>
> ---
>
> There seems to be a "the" missing (added to THE program)
>
> This limits the amount of supplementary information that can be added to
> program.
>
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>
> "Check that the user is giving an indication of the currently selected
> item within the navigational unit."
>
> We think this should read:
>
> "Check that the user is GIVEN an indication of the currently selected
> item within the navigational unit."
>
> ---
>
> Should't that be "to make it show a larger part"
>
> Users can “zoom in" to view part of the map in greater detail, and can
> “zoom out" to make the show a larger part of the city.
>
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>
> "The developer can uses online or off-line validators (including
> validation tools built into editors) to check the validity of the XML
> documents."
>
> s/uses/use/
>
> ---
>
> The link to http://www.alistapart.com/stories/doctype/ is broken, this is most probably the right one: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/doctype/
>
> "Fix Your Site With the Right DOCTYPE! by Jeffrey Zeldman explains what
> HTML and XHTML doctypes work and what their effect is on the rendering
> mode of a few browsers."
>
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>
> There's one by ("by by URI") too much:
>
> "XML Schema Validator by Christoph Schneegans is an online tool that
> allows you to validate XML (and XHTML) files by by URI, by file upload,
> by direct input of complete XML documents, and by direct input of XML
> code fragments."
>
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>
> Here's one quote sign (messages.") that doesn't belog there:
>
> "When the user submits a form, instead of taking them to a new page, a
> script automatically sets focus to a text link that says "Errors have
> occurred." The link goes to the first item in an ordered list of
> descriptive error messages." Each list item is a link to the control
> where the error had occurred."
>
> ---
>
> There's one has ("has is") too much:
>
> "Check that there is a link to each field that has is missing required
> data from the missing data message"
>
> ---
>
> We think there should be a full stp or at least a smicolon after CAPTCHA:
>
> "The purpose of this technique is to provide information via the text
> alternative that identifies the non-text content as a CAPTCHA tests
> often involve asking the user to type in text that is presented in an
> obscured image or audio file."
>
> ---
>
> a bit of a mixup (singular vs. plural):
>
> Example 1: Author specifies neither text color nor background.
> They also do not use CSS.
>
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> *an* address:
>
> "It may, for instance, require written notice be sent to a address listed
> on the Web page."
>
> ---
>
> Here's something missing:
>
> "The button is positioned right after the text field so that it is clear
> to the user that the text field where to enter the search term"
>
> Suggestion:
>
> "The button is positioned right after the text field so that it is
> clear to the user that THIS IS the text field where to enter the search
> term"
>
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>
> "The best way to avoid this problem is to create text layout that is
> fully justified."
>
> Is this really what is meant here? Fully justified text? Or did you mean flush left / ragged right?
>
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>
> "For most technologies, simply leave out any alignment declarations.
> For example, the following text will be justified to the left by default
> in HTML where the language of the page is right to left."
>
> Given the following example, this should be left to right, not right to left.
>
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>
> *a* grey whale
>
> "A Web page from an grey whale conservation society has a looping
> background sound of grey whales singing."
>
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>
> This sentence does not compute:
>
> "Open the version of the media that important visual details that cannot
> be understood from the main soundtrack alone."
>
> ---
>
> "Then, when the user re-authenticates, the server can use the information
> passed on from the re-authentication page to submit the form directly or
> to present a page that includes the data that is will be submitted for
> review."
>
> Suggestion: either "that will be submitted for review" or "that is submitted for
> review
>
> ---
>
> "The difference is that because this technique is about the ability for
> users to tell the difference (a noticeable difference) between different
> pieces of text whereas the contrast ratio used in success criterion
> 1.4.3 and 1.4.6 is about the readability of the text with its background
> for different color and vision disabilities."
>
> We think the "because" should be dropped, otherwise the following "whereas" doesn't make any sense.
>
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>
> Determine if instructions are provided at the top of the form about the
> expected format each of the form controls identified in 1
>
> Here's either an "of" missing ("format of each of the form controls"), or a verb at the end.
>
> ---
>
> If the user clicks on the link the suggested term is enered into the
> form field and is resubmitted.
>
> Here's a "t" missing in entered.
>
> ---
>
> The purpose of this technique is to help for users with cognitive
> disabilities, blindness and vision loss to understand what will happen
> when they interact with a function on a Web page.
>
> This should read "… is to help users with cognitive …"
>
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>
> At the bottom of the page their is a link that also goes to the Contact
> Us page.
>
> s/their/there/
>
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>
>
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Received on Tuesday, 21 September 2010 00:50:02 UTC